#A8279C#A8279C

#A8279C is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.205 H 332.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8279C
RGB	rgb(168, 39, 156)
HSL	hsl(306, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(306, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 7.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.50, 63.18, -34.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.50, 72.06, 331.25°)
OKLab	oklab(52.29% 0.1816 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(52.29% 0.205 332.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8748, 12.1781, 32.5919)
Luminance	0.1218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8279C #27A833

analogous

#7327A8 #A8279C #A8275C

triadic

#A8279C #9CA827 #279CA8

tetradic

#A8279C #A87327 #27A833 #275CA8

square

#A8279C #A87327 #27A833 #275CA8

split-complementary

#A8279C #5CA827 #27A873

monochromatic

#451040 #761B6E #A8279C #D13BC3 #DD6CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#A8279C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#A8279C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8279C

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8279C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8279C	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E569F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF3660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8279c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 39, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.205 332.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c670b9',
    500: '#a8279c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8279c;
$custom-light: #c670b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8279c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.581,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52288,
    "c": 0.2051,
    "h": 332.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8279C

secondary

#67C370

accent

#E55242

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F9EDF6

border

#D2C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8279C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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